To live in God is death; to die in God is life.

God alone is true; God alone is great; alone is God.

Duplicity is necessary in daily life, in that it covers many unpleasant things from sight, so they may not disturb the pleasure of others.

The day of death ... is one of the five mysteries, the key of which God holds in his own hands.

With patience everything comes in due season.

Words are naught but wind, and the fairest promises like dreams that take flight with the morning.

All the vices lead to fortune when they are joined with the vilest of all--avarice. This is the secret of life.

Satan is cunning and man is weak, but God rules the heart of his faithful, and does what he will.

When we hold-on to someone's imperfections we become emotionally pair-bonded to their maladies.

My pain may be the reason for somebody's laugh.But my laugh must never be the reason for somebody's pain.

Wisdom consists of the anticipation of consequences.

If you have a connection to someone, it doesn't matter what their exterior is.

What hunger is in relation to food, zest is in relation to life.

You have the most important job of anyone today. Our kids need you to advocate for their futures.

If you cut people off from what nourishes them spiritually, something in them dies.

That's what I mean by something grips in a canvas. The moment that happens you are then sucked into the whole thing. Like some kind of rhythm.

My grandmother, grandfather, my mom - we've always been driven by laughter. It's what held us together. Thanksgivings, any kind of family get-together, we usually end up in tears.